Picture Books and Early Literacy Skills Every picture book you share with a child will help them develop every early literacy skill. Some books, however, are especially supportive of one or two skills in particular. Use these resources to help you select books, whether you are looking for a book to add to storytime, or to place on display, or to share with parents and caregivers to help explain an early literacy concept. Skill: Vocabulary Try these types of books: Word books
Picture dictionaries
I Spy
Search and find
Alphabet books
Longer picture books
Any story with rich language
Non-fiction Skill: Print Motivation Try these types of books: Touch-and-feel
Lift-the-flap
Pop culture books like Barbie or Batman (to follow children’s interests)
Non-fiction (follow their interests) Skill: Print Awareness Try these types of books: Books about books and reading
Books with repeated phrases
Books with word bubbles
Books with large print
Books with print as part of the illustrations Skill: Narrative Skills Try these types of books: Repetitive and predictable books
Cumulative stories
Wordless books
Sequential plots
Familiar folk & nursery tales Skill: Phonological Awareness Try these types of books: Rhyming books
Songs (782.42s)
Animal sounds
Mother Goose
Poetry
Onomotopeia Skill: Letter Knowledge Try these types of books: ABC books
Concept books (shape, color, opposites, etc.)
I Spy
from: http://www.clel.org/content/picture-books-and-early-literacy-skills Welcome Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom.
Picture Books and Early Literacy Skills
Every picture book you share with a child will help them develop every early literacy skill. Some books, however, are especially supportive of one or two skills in particular. Use these resources to help you select books, whether you are looking for a book to add to storytime, or to place on display, or to share with parents and caregivers to help explain an early literacy concept.
Skill: Vocabulary
Try these types of books:
Word books
Picture dictionaries
I Spy
Search and find
Alphabet books
Longer picture books
Any story with rich language
Non-fiction
Skill: Print Motivation
Try these types of books:
Touch-and-feel
Lift-the-flap
Pop culture books like Barbie or Batman (to follow children’s interests)
Non-fiction (follow their interests)
Skill: Print Awareness
Try these types of books:
Books about books and reading
Books with repeated phrases
Books with word bubbles
Books with large print
Books with print as part of the illustrations
Skill: Narrative Skills
Try these types of books:
Repetitive and predictable books
Cumulative stories
Wordless books
Sequential plots
Familiar folk & nursery tales
Skill: Phonological Awareness
Try these types of books:
Rhyming books
Songs (782.42s)
Animal sounds
Mother Goose
Poetry
Onomotopeia
Skill: Letter Knowledge
Try these types of books:
ABC books
Concept books (shape, color, opposites, etc.)
I Spy
from: http://www.clel.org/content/picture-books-and-early-literacy-skills
Welcome
Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom.